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@Empyrean –
The NAACP is an organization and a charity in and of itself, similiar to NCBF, that I'm sure has it's own set of rules and regulations. It will most likely not accept funds from certain businesses even though it is a charity for furthering equality.
LGBT is a set of initials that describes a segment of our population and it is not an organization. I do know for a fact that many LGBT based organizations do have to give anonymously to certain charities they benefit.
I make these points not to prove you wrong, but instead to insure that we are being realistic in our argument.
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It seems to me that much of the offense is taken at the requirement of anonymous giving. Let me assure you that by giving anonymously we are in all kinds of great company, churches, educational organizations, political organizations, and even fortune 500s such as Apple, Oracle and Microsoft have had to give anonymously at times. This is certainly not a roadblock to collecting or giving donations to help a cause that you believe in.
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@STL – In this case money wasn't just money. If it was, Tinu would have given it with no strings attached. In this case money came with strings, a requirement that the NBCF accept a platform and a name that they have not pledged to support. The NBCF pledged to support breast cancer education and free mammograms not the acceptance of pole. Educating the world about pole is our job not that of the NBCF.
This really isn't about the NBCF understanding pole, the NBCF simply couldn't accept the donation under the name that Tinu was requiring them to accept it under. There are many reasonable explanations for this. Tinu, however, could have easily donated under another name or anonymously, but rather than understand that charity is about helping people and not about ones own pride she turned it into a platform and demonized a charity that has done alot of good work and saved alot of people, and in no way caused harm to Tinu.
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@amy – This is unfortunately what we are talking about. You shouldn't back a defamatory article with assertion and assumption. You can read the full article at Pole Spin Magazine, you will have to google for it as we won't link to the article. You will notice the header graphic on the front page of their site reads "No Stripper Money Allowed". Which immediately leads a person to believe that the National Breast Cancer Foundation made this statement.
If we are to be taken seriously as an industry we have to put on an air of respect. We have to show people generosity and kindness, and when we are misunderstood or mis-categorized we need to kindly educate.
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Charters and donation requirements are not usually published, because they can be complex documents. Generally the best idea if you want to put on a charitable event of any kind is contact your potential beneficiary and ask them if you can donate under the name of your company, what their rules are as far as using their name, and anything else specific to your event.
It is also important to remember that there are many, many organizations that experience similiar responses. In these cases they will often times give anonymously or partner with another company such as a radio station who can submit the donation, because they know the cause is much more important than their own pride.
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Veena and I have discussed our stance on this and I am posting as she is currently significantly under the weather.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation is a wonderful organization who has saved many millions of womens' lives by starting an education campaign to teach women the importance and methods of self examination and by providing free mammograms to women who cannot afford it. They are a phenomenal institution and one which anyone should be more than happy to donate to under any circumstances.
There has been absolutely no evidence presented that the money was turned down because they thought that it was given by strippers, or that they even thought after an explanation that it was given by strippers. To the best of our knowledge it was turned down due to their donation requirements which are set forth in the charter for the organization. Statements to the contrary made by the article's author are nothing more than assertion and grand assumption meant to sway the audience to anger.
The writer refused to donate anonymously or under a name that would meet the requirements as set forth by the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The writer of the article also failed to research the foundation to determine their donation requirements or gain their approval before planning a fundraiser to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
In the end it is about the cause and not our pride. It is about educating women about breast cancer, it is about making sure everyone, even those who do not have the financial means have access to mammograms. We should not slander organizations who are doing good things.
We all seek to expand the acceptance of pole as a sport and an art but we cannot further that cause by reaching out and attacking organizations who are doing great good in our society. We won't further our cause by attacking organizations who have experienced their own growing pains and roadblocks. We certainly won't gain anyones favor by biting the hand that has saved so many millions of lives.
We would gladly support a positive initiative to try and resolve this dispute but we cannot and will not support assertion and assumption at the cost of an organization who has done so much good for the world.
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@byrdgrrl – You can cancel your 30 day, then wait until its done to upgrade, or I can send you a Paypal request for the yearly subscription and simply tack it on to your current subscription so you don't have to mess with resubscribing. Its completely up to you, just let me know.
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Do not sand it, my suggestion would be to call X-Pole and ask their recomendation. If you are super OCD about these things you can always replace that extension.
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@tiggertail – You should post it in the events once you have all the information. Then people can let you know they are coming.
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Pre-order it and they will ship it as soon as it comes in 🙂
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You'll notice the X-Pole finder on the right side of our site. That is there so people don't get into this predicament 🙂 Just select your ceiling height and it'll tell you the extension length you need. We only sell the extensions prepackaged but you can call X-Pole and they'll be glad to help you out.
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You can cancel the recurring payments from your account page at any time using the cancel link. When you cancel you will still get the remainder of your term you just won't get billed again. So it is common for people to purchase the lessons then cancel immediately so they don't get rebilled. I talked to Veena as well and there are no spinning mode lessons, currently.
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If they say it is ok, then you should be alright. It's just something to be aware of if you are ordering or trading discs around the globe.
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Just because they are PAL and NTSC doesn't mean they are multi-regional that is common in certain areas that have made the switch from one format to the other. The region code is a small code in the disc header that will inhibit their playback in the incorrect country. The only way to know if they are non-regioned discs or not is to find one of the utilities for your computer that will read the disc information and tell you.
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Before you guys start trading DVDs accross borders remember that DVDs are region coded (to your country) and DVD players are as well, generally DVDs from one country will not play in another.